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Monthly Archives: January 2020
Scotland City Leaflets
We have really enjoyed our Scotland mini topic on major Scottish cities. In groups, we were given a Scottish city. We were travel agents and we had to create a name and a logo for our group. We then researched our city to find out about the landmarks and things to do there. We also researched how much budget and luxury hotels cost per night in that city. Then we were given a pretend family and we had to plan a short break in a city that would suit their preferences within a budget. We really enjoyed looking at everyone’s leaflets and calculating how much it would cost to stay in the city. We found that it was tricky to afford everything we wanted to do!
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Heat Transfer
Convection Currents
Our experiment
The heat from the radiator warms the air around it. Warm air is less dense than cold air, which means it rises as the cooler, dense air flows down to take its place. This cycle continues in a process known as convection currents. The warm air pushes on the spiral snake, making it turn.
Comment on P3 Awesome Art Tiles by James McKean
I enjoyed making the Charles Rennie Mackintosh tiles because I liked drawing the roses and the squares.
Our Scottish Poems
Our Competition Poem this year is:
Address to the Toothache by Rabbie Burns
| My curse upon your venom’d stang,
That shoots my tortur’d gums alang, An’ thro’ my lug gies mony a twang, Wi’ gnawing vengeance, Tearing my nerves wi’ bitter pang, Like racking engines! When fevers burn, or agues freezes, Rheumatics gnaw, or colics squeezes, Our neibor’s sympathy can ease us, Wi’ pitying moan; But thee – thou hell o’ a’ diseases – Aye mocks our groan. A down my beard the slavers trickle I throw the wee stools o’er the mickle, While round the fire the giglets keckle, To see me loup, While, raving mad, I wish a heckle Were in their doup! |
| In a’ the numerous human dools,
Ill hairsts, daft bargains, cutty stools, Or worthy frien’s rak’d i’ the mools, – Sad sight to see! The tricks o’ knaves, or fash o’fools, Thou bear’st the gree! Where’er that place be priests ca’ hell, Where a’ the tones o’ misery yell, An’ ranked plagues their numbers tell, In dreadfu’ raw, Thou, Toothache, surely bear’st the bell, Amang them a’! O thou grim, mischief-making chiel, That gars the notes o’ discord squeel, Till daft mankind aft dance a reel In gore, a shoe-thick, Gie a’ the faes o’ Scotland’s weal A townmond’s toothache! |
Some children have chosen to learn
Scots Wha Hae
BY ROBERT BURNS
Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led;
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victory!
Now’s the day, and now’s the hour;
See the front o’ battle lour;
See approach proud Edward’s power—
Chains and slavery!
Wha will be a traitor knave?
Wha can fill a coward’s grave!
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee!
Wha for Scotland’s king and law
Freedom’s sword will strongly draw,
Freeman stand, or freeman fa’,
Let him follow me!
By oppression’s woes and pains!
By your sons in servile chains!
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free!
Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty’s in every blow!—
Let us do or die!
Art with Sheena
Primary 6B had a great afternoon creating these brilliant clay thistles. We used different techniques and are looking forward to painting them next week. Thank you Sheena for coming into class today.
Multiplication
Today we started a block of work on Multiplication. Mrs Little wanted to check how many of our times tables facts we remembered so we all attempted to fill in a blank multiplication square as quickly and ACCURATELY as we could. Our aim is to improve our accuracy and beat our time by the end of the block.
If you would like to practise this at home you could try this site:
Instructions for use: Leave Left Column and Top Column set as #. Change Operation to Left x Top. Click on Start Drill. It will generate a random multiplication grid which you can then print out at home.
P3 Awesome Art Tiles
Today we drew roses and squares onto a ceramic tile using permanent pens and Sharpies. We were inspired by the work of Scottish Artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
We are all thrilled with our awesome art.
Comment on P3 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Art by Mrs Thomson
That’s fantastic. Enjoy visiting the wonderful buildings.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh chair
We have been studying Charles Rennie Mackintosh high backed chair designs. You can still sit on his chairs in the Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow. We learned about perspective when we made our chairs look 3D.
